04	JOINT MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
06	OUR YEAR
08	OUR LOCATIONS
09	OUR PRINCIPAL PARTNERS

10	MALI, PRECAD
10	KENYA, IRMA
12	SYNGENTA FOUNDATION INDIA: GETTING VEGETABLES TO MARKET
12	ENHANCING THE CAREERS OF EAST AFRICAN WOMEN SCIENTISTS

14	Brazil, PDHC/Elo
14	Uganda, FICOM
16	east Africa, ASPIRE

18	BIOCARBON FUND
18	IMPROVING ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY: PLANT RESEARCH
20	India, GARDENS FOR LIFE
20	CGIAR’S GENERATION CHALLENGE PROGRAM
22	The Board
23	STAFF and delegates
24	FURTHER READING

Review 2007

In 2005, Charles Githuka Ngugi, a former truck driver in Kenya, started ‘Lima Feeds’, a successful business trading in feed for chicks, chickens, pigs and dairy cows. He faced growing demand and wanted to purchase raw materials in bigger quantities and a truck for faster, more reliable deliveries. But he lacked the capital to expand the business.

GroFin’s specialists offered guidance and loans totalling 6.3 million Kenyan Shillings (about US $95,000) to help Charles purchase the delivery truck and organize his books and accounts to make his business more efficient. They helped him employ an accountant, two sales people, a driver for his truck and advised him on how to market his business so he could win new clients.